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Sheeba Varghese Gupta Editor

Sheeba Varghese Gupta, MPharm, PhD, is an associate professor, Department

of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida,

Tampa, Florida. She received her PhD at Wayne State University, Michigan, and

earned her MS in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Bharati Vidhya Peeth Poona

College of Pharmacy, University of Pune, Maharashtra, India. Her research interests

are novel drug delivery systems, improving oral absorption of poorly absorbed

drugs, and patient outcomes. She has authored many peer-reviewed publications,

book chapters and abstracts.

Dr. Yashwant V. Pathak completed his PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology at

Nagpur University, India, and EMBA and MS in Conflict Management at Sullivan

University. He is professor and associate dean for Faculty Affairs at Taneja College

of Pharmacy, University of South Florida. Tampa, Florida. With extensive experience

in academia as well as industry, he has more than 200 research publications,

including research papers; chapters and reviews; 2 patent and 2 patent application;

and 28 edited books published, including 12 books in nanotechnology and 10 in

nutraceuticals and drug delivery systems. He has several books in cultural studies

and conflict management. He has received several national and international awards.

Dr. Pathak was a recipient of Fulbright Senior Scholar award for Indonesia in the

year 2016–2017. Dr. Yashwant V. Pathak is also an adjunct professor at Faculty of

Pharmacy, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.